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Jan 1, 2023
Case Study: Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (AC Health)
Ayala Corporation, the parent organization that launched AC Health, is a much larger conglomerate, still controlled primarily by the same family that founded it in 1834. During the past decade, parent and startup have both defined their core purpose as making life better for all Filipinos.
Dec 16, 2022
DigiPharma | Helping Pharmaceutical Companies with Digitalization
DigiPharma is a digital strategy enabler that is supporting the transition to digitalization in pharma
English | 2 pages | 2022 IFC
Dec 16, 2022
DigiHealth | Helping Health Companies with Digitalization
DigiHealth is a digital strategy enabler that is supporting digitalization in healthcare.
English | 2 pages | 2022 IFC
Oct 18, 2022
Increasing Access to Health Services Through Inclusive Digital Health
This report aims to share knowledge on how healthcare providers can embed digital health into their business models to expand access to health services among the underserved, or individuals at the base of the pyramid.
English - 16 pages | Español - 16 pages | 2022 IFC
May 3, 2022
Creating Markets in Fiji: Country Private Sector Diagnostic
The Fiji Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC and World Bank analysis of challenges and opportunities for investment and economic growth.
English | 104 pages | 2022 IFC
Apr 25, 2022
Case Study: Integrated Diagnostics Holdings
Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH), a Cairo-based network of testing laboratories that operates in Egypt, Jordan, Nigeria, and Sudan, has demonstrated how a private-sector testing laboratory can contribute to the overall health and well-being of a region.
Mar 11, 2022
Creating Markets in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Country Private Sector Diagnostic
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC and World Bank analysis of growth and investment opportunities, constraints, and policy recommendations.
English - 112 pages | French - 126 pages | 2022 IFC
Jan 31, 2022
Case Study: Grupo Roemmers
There’s something special about companies that last 100 years. Comparatively few large companies do, and very few of those were founded in emerging economies. But last year, Grupo Roemmers, based in Buenos Aires, celebrated its 100th anniversary. This pharmaceutical company limited its business to Argentina until the mid-1970s. Since then, it has grown rapidly throughout Latin America and the Caribbean through a very effective strategy and management style. It sets up separate businesses for each country or local area where it does business. It gives local leaders autonomy to make decisions but engenders a deep commitment to the Roemmers culture and management system. And it sells affordable generic prescription pharmaceuticals with a mix tailored to the aging populations of each local market.
Oct 18, 2021
Case Study: Neolpharma
In the pharmaceutical industry around the world, a noteworthy kind of company is stepping onto the global stage. These are energetic, innovative family businesses launched in emerging economies. They often begin as manufacturers of low-cost medications and build their capabilities until they can expand beyond their home countries. One such company, well known in Mexico, is Grupo Neolpharma. It began as a maker of low-cost, generic medications for central nervous system (CNS) ailments, such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, migraines, schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety. Its primary customer at first was Mexico’s public health system, which gave it a solid revenue stream. Then it branched out into different forms of manufacturing, including the manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) used by other pharmaceutical companies. Now it is competing through process and product innovation and geographic expansion.
Sep 15, 2021
Case Study: New Crystal Health Services
With the public healthcare system overcrowded, and the private sector usually catering to the wealthier middle class, New Crystal is helping meet Ghana’s growing health needs, especially for the low income segment, and sustaining itself as a business by filling this gap in demand for care.
May 26, 2021
Case Study: Grupo Conclina
The largest private hospital in Ecuador, Hospital Metropolitano in Quito, also has one of the strongest reputations for quality of care. This is not an accident; the company’s culture and day-to-day practices have been shaped by major choices that its leaders have made through its history.
Apr 12, 2021
Case Study: Nyaho
For 51 years, Nyaho, Ghana’s oldest medical practice, has balanced the twin goals of supporting public health and managing a viable business. In 2020, its capabilities were put to the test by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nyaho Medical Center became an active participant in the country’s response.
English | 12 pages | IFC 2021
Mar 16, 2021
A Guide to Contracting for Health Services During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This primer, developed jointly by the WHO and IFC, offers a practical introduction to contracting the private sector in support of national COVID-19 responses.
English | 31 pages | 2021, WHO and IFC
Feb 1, 2021
Case Study: Granules
In this case study, we look at the factors that have led to Granules’ successes. We also explore the ambitions and context that have led its leaders to position themselves for rapid global expansion, after 30 years of steady growth.
English | 16 pages | IFC 2021
Jan 26, 2021
Creating Markets in Ukraine: Country Private Sector Diagnostic
The Ukraine Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) provides IFC & World Bank analysis of growth and investment opportunities, constraints, & policy recommendations.
English | 154 pages | 2021 IFC
Jan 19, 2021
Case Study: Pyramid Group
In this oral history-based case study, four executives at Pyramid Group and one of their hospitalbased customers discuss how the company developed its business and what underlies its successes. There is a great deal to learn from their experience. They have designed a streamlined supply chain for healthcare products. Moreover, they have created a strategic regimen for sales, installation, and support for complex medical equipment such as CT-scan and MRI machines, X-ray devices, and critical care equipment.
Sep 30, 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare in Emerging Markets
Significant investments in health technology, including those using digital health and artificial intelligence, are expected to contribute to bridging the health service gap in emerging markets, given the potential of these new innovations to reach underserved patients. Many health-tech innovators are integrating AI into their product solutions, with early examples showing promise in improving diagnoses, reducing costs, and enabling access to remote health services.
English | 8 pages — September — Note 91 | IFC 2020
Jan 8, 2020
Briefing Paper: Enabling Health Technology in Emerging Markets
A briefing paper from the IFC Health Technology Think Tank discussion at the 2019 Global Private Healthcare Conference
Dec 9, 2019
Briefing Paper: Improving Access and Affordability for Biopharmaceuticals in Emerging Markets
A briefing paper from the Biopharmaceutical Think Tank discussion at the 2019 IFC Global Private Health Care Conference
English | 10 pages | Dec 2019
Nov 25, 2019
Briefing Paper: Public-Private Partnerships for Emerging Market Health
A briefing paper from the IFC Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Think Tank discussion at the 2019 Global Private Health Care Conference
Jun 27, 2019
Case Study: A Retail Approach to Diabetes Care
Clinicas del Azucar is disrupting existing models for treating diabetes through its one-stop-shop, convenient approach. Patients pay an affordable membership subscription that covers lab tests, screenings, lifestyle education and coaching. By integrating how it provides care, Clinicas is able to reduce the number of appointments patients need to manage their diabetes. More than 63 percent of patients have met their goals for maintaining blood sugar levels and have their diabetes under control, preventing often life-threatening complications. Clinicas’ model offers an approach that could revolutionize the way diabetes is treated in low- and middle-income countries. Learn more in our latest case study.
English | 26 pages | 2019 IFC
May 28, 2019
Insights from Miami Series
This series of four briefs summarize the discussions from a think-tank session held on the margins of IFC’s Global Private Healthcare Conference 2019 on the topics of Senior Care, Biopharma, Public-Private Partnerships, and Insurance.
Mar 18, 2019
Women's Leadership in Health
Despite women’s employment as doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care personnel, available data consistently shows a lack of gender parity in leadership.
English | 40 pages | March 2019 | IFC
Mar 18, 2019
Create a Culture, not a Checklist
This study provides insights into how hospitals and clinics in emerging markets can improve patient safety and embed quality in the culture of the organization. It also shares experience of three IFC clients who have achieved remarkable results in “living quality every day.”
English | 24 pages | March 2019 | IFC
Mar 15, 2019
CASE STUDY: BioE
Giving Millions of Children a Healthy Start in Life
English | 19 pages | March 2019 | IFC
